GAMESMASTER CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

15/09/11 – It’s gaming’s
greatest series, touching more than 60 million gamers worldwide
with its epic tales of exploration and discovery. And this year,
Nintendo’s illustrious franchise The Legend Of Zelda
celebrates its 25th anniversary.

GamesMaster, the UK's longest-running games magazine, is
commemorating this milestone with a premium special,
GamesMaster Presents: The Legend of Zelda, on newsstands
now.

The ultimate collector’s edition, it contains everything
you’ll ever need to know about the world of Hyrule, from
Link’s first quest to rescue Princess Zelda in 1986 to the
forthcoming The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

GamesMaster Presents: The Legend of Zelda also comes with
three exclusive gifts, not available anywhere else in the world:
The Legend of Zelda anniversary mousemat, retro sticker sheet and
History of Link poster.

Robin Alway, Editor-in-Chief of GamesMaster says: “It's
been a huge honour to create an entire magazine dedicated to one of
gaming's greatest adventures. I think we've done Link proud and
hope the fans enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making
it."

The 132-page
GamesMaster Presents: The Legend of Zelda tells the full
story of this legendary series, taking in every single game on the
way and counting down the greatest ever dungeons, weapons and
enemies as chosen by Zelda fans and experts.

There’s also never-before-seen Zelda art, a feature on the
series’ origins and its creators, a complete who’s who
of all its characters – and everything else a Zelda fan could
want.

Lewis Digby, Nintendo UK PR Manager says: "GamesMaster were the
perfect games media brand to help us celebrate the 25th anniversary
of The Legend of Zelda and we love what they have produced. Zelda
fans won't want to miss it."

GamesMaster is the world’s most exciting multi-format
games magazine, and is the only magazine to offer comprehensive
coverage of the biggest and best games on every machine, every
month. In every issue you'll find the biggest scoops across all the
formats, and of course all the latest developments on the next wave
of hardware.

GamesMaster is also responsible for the GamesMaster Golden
Joystick Awards. The world’s longest-running and best-known
gaming awards, it’s the only annual awards voted for by
gamers and a highlight of the games industry calendar.

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media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol
FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have
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